Curtain-rod socket.



lW. H. EDVSALLGL P. LA 0. LATHROP.

CURTAIN ROD SOCKET.

APPLIUATION HLED 111111.23. 1912.

` 1,036,813, Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

I 4To all lwhom it mag/concern.

n if 5 -provements in Curtain-Rod Sockets, of

i 5,;1912. vIn the rawings Figure 1 is a side eleva- "f and somewhatprises a tube having a forward curtain rod spring.

' the end of said rod is forced into the rear and the Awasher 6. Thesocket is pushed v' afartheron iintil'the ring 7 snaps into the groove2, wheii. the par ts' become thereby ict-description.

f curtain rod bracket, the main object being to provide a structuralsuch devices and results thereby vin substanll. l'Ihe parts ofthesockets-re ring are placed within the sleeve portion 4 of the tube andthen the E'EDSALL Arm Larimer, yer' WALmifmLronli, 'coN'NEorrour,AssIGNoBs ro .IL L. :funn COMPANY, or `W. s trniveroizn, cbNNErrcUr, a"

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' CURTAIN-limi) seeker.

Be it known that We, WILLIAM H. EDsALL and FRANK LA Oris- LATH'RQP,citizens of the United States, residing at lVallingford, county of NewHaven, State of Connecticut, have invented certainnew and useful Im-)vhieh the following a full, clear, and ex- This invention relates to animproved 'nprovement which facilitates very much t e manufacture of tialeconomies. This construction is an improvementon the construction setforth ,in U.' S. Letters-Patent No., 1,019,232 of March tion of tiesynvention partlybroken a ay ll"`enlarged. Fig. 2 is a view of the sameparts as they appear partially,. asA sembled. Fig. 3 is :t group ofseveral sepa' rated parts or details.

l represents the bracket rod suiiport, or socket guide, said rod havingan annular groove 2 therein. The socket member comreceiving socketportion 3 and the bearing sleeve portion 4 within which is located, a.spring 5. j

6 6 are washers :it each end of the 7 1s' a separate spring ring whichynormally will contract 4to a diameter slightly less than the diameter ofthe rod l. -The groove 2 is such as to receive the spring ringassembled, as shown in Fig. 2. The spring, washers and end of thetube'is rolled in as at 8 whilethe side of thetube is indented or rolledin as at 9 thus retaining all the aforesaid pn rts within the sleeveportion 4 of the socket preparatory to applying the parts to the bracketrodl. -lVhen it desired to assemble the socket on the rod l,

end of the socketand through the split 'ring 7 therein, .which expands.The. rod .then passes through the Washer 6; the spring 5 i 4Spec'ijcr.tlox1otlflentter'lrateut'. Application nea April 2a, 1912. serial N9.692,696;

"Patei'itid'liugi 27, 191e; i'

permanently assembled for use. It `will now e seen that manual pressureupon the outer end of the tubular socket will causethe same to slideback 'en ther'odl'l compressing the spring 5. YVhen pressure relesed,the

spring projects the socket aheadirito the 1. AS .win be geen,iiiveiiiionin this `pti- -ticularwasexesidessmeinly in theconstrucforni., Arnie sameiime-uie-tiibefs1ide's on the .washer 6* whichis'--`l 1e ld`"y stationary against., the ring e ers might-be entirelyomitted,ftl e contracted parts .of the ztubefserving toc'enteri'and'bear upon the bracket-rod 1; -Th best results: however, are obtainedZby f providing the washers since tl1edevice lsfrendei-ed-more.` -durablethereby. atwe'cliiimiis: "jm Y l. In a curtainrod socket,l a"'bea.ringrod,

a tube having an intermediate: contraction and an end contraction, asprin andfasplit -ring :within said .tube and held etween saidvcontracted-portions, seid splitring beingof less internal diameter,normally-jthen thev diametero'fsaid .rod and n. recess insid rod .toreceive said "ring,s aid rod piissingt though the contracted 'portionsof "said f tue. -pf'l 2. Inv. curtain rod sci clrei,' "ia. bearingrocha. 'tube having an intermediate'oontraction and an end contraction; a.spring en'd a split' ring withinsaid tube and held' bet'weensaidcontracted portions, said split ring being of less. internal diameternor1 ally`thanthe diameter 'of said rod vand a recess 'in s aid rod toreceive said" ring, through the contt'stediprtios of said tube,l and awasher arrangedjnt onetend of f1 `the spring. .f

60.. curtain rod holding posxtionfshown in F ig.

157, uiusithefmgheis hives?? said rod' passing 1.025l

3. In a. eyrt-an Iod socket, a. bearing r'od,

a tube hziv-Ing an intermediate'contraction and an end contiacton,-asping Vand a split ring Within said tube and held between said toreceive` said mug,- sa'idA rod passing l thrugh the, centractedvpo'rto'ns ef said end of said spuug.`

tube, andwashers'wthin saidtube each 10 WILLIAM HEDSALL.-

'FRANK-LA OTIS Witnesses:

' GEORGE W. BAUMAN,

W; E. ATKINSON.

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